"Notre Dame Football is Back" -- WE KNOW IT!

Sports Illustrated's Michael Rosenberg penned this story today...

LINK:  "IT'S GOOD FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL..."

Notre Dame Fans Should Sleep Well Tonight!!!

Here's why:

• Notre Dame's last four coaches who were in their THIRD SEASON and were playing for a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP -- won the TITLE!  Brian Kelly is in his third season.
• There have been eight (8) BCS National Championship games where one head coach had no history of winning a BCS National Championship was up against a coach who had previously won one or more national titles.  The coach who had yet to win a national championship has won SEVEN TIMES!  Brian Kelly is playing in his first BCS title game -- Nick Saban has won three so far... 
• And, Monday January 7th is the Feast Day for Saint Andre Bessette, C.S.C. Bessette is the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross (the founders of the University of Notre Dame) to receive canonisation as a saint by the Catholic church.

BCS National Championship -- ND Day Five!

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media put together a recap of what's been going on these last five days in Miami!

LINK:  DAY FIVE REPORT

Notre Dame's BCS Championship Team Photo!

This looks like a NATIONAL CHAMPION to me!

Notre Dame Football - ONE DAY AWAY!

The Notre Dame Football equipment truck is ready to paint a "12" on its side!

ESPN Interviews of Notre Dame Players

Here's some interviews of a few members of the Fighting Irish football team by the gang at ESPN.  Click on the player's name below:

LINK:  CIERRE WOOD

LINK:  KEI VARAE RUSSELL

LINK:  STEPHON TUITT

LINK:  MIKE GOLIC JR.

The Day Before the BCS National Championship

The Fighting Irish made a visit to Joe DiMaggio's Children Hospital and Coach Kelly held his last session with the media before tomorrow night's BCS National Championship game with Alabama. 

This game can't come fast enough!

LINK:  FOOTBALL TEAM VISITS HOSPITAL

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

TV Coverage of Notre Dame's BCS Pep Rally

Took a lap around the web this morning to look into the coverage of Notre Dame's Pep Rally last night in Miami -- an event that drew more than 40,000 fans (Miami police estimate)!

Click on the links below to the UND.COM coverage along with the news report from WNDU-TV:

LINK:  REPLAY OF PEP RALLY

LINK:  WNDU-TV'S COVERAGE

Why Notre Dame is Back on Top! -- WSJ

The Wall Street Journal has been covering the Notre Dame story a lot these days -- and I like it!  Here's the latest:

LINK:  WHY NOTRE DAME IS BACK ON TOP